News in brief from TZW
EU Green Week 2021_ ZERO POLLUTION
The EU Action Plan toward a Zero Pollution Ambition is a key action of the European Green Deal. EU Green Week 2021 will be an opportunity to engage with all stakeholders and interested citizens on how we can work together to make the ambition for a zero pollution and toxic-free environment a reality. Our CEO Dr Josef Klinger (TZW) and Prof. Francesco Fatone (UNIVPM, WWEELab), as Water Europe Vision Leader Team 'Value in Water', will discuss the opportunities and challenges of resource recovery from water on 28.05.2021. Link to the event
New innovation challenge “Generate value from brines”
The EU project Water Test Network supports small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) to develop marketable products for the water sector. TZW is part of this network as a German test institute. Until 05/09/2021 a new innovation challenge is running, looking for SMEs with innovative technologies to generate value from brines. For more information click here.
Final report TRUST now available
Over a period of three and a half years, the BMBF joint project TRUST used the example of the Río Lurín catchment area in Peru to develop inter- and transdisciplinary concepts for drinking water use, safe wastewater disposal and water reuse. For TZW as project partner, the departments of water microbiology, risk management and technology concepts were involved. The final report is now online and presents the approaches and results developed in the TRUST project. Link to the report
Dr Karsten Nödler wins poster prize of the Water Chemistry Society
At this year's annual meeting of the Water Chemistry Society, Dr Karsten Nödler from TZW’s Water Chemistry Department was awarded the prize for the best poster. His work on trifluoroacetate in beer beat out more than 80 other poster presentations. The results were also published in the journal “Food Chemistry” and thus presented to an international readership. We warmly congratulate Dr Nödler on this success.